The Iroquois County Genealogical Society Archives are located in the Iroquois County Museum, 103 West Cherry Street in Watseka, Illinois. This building is the old Iroquois County Courthouse, built in 1866 and in use as the county courthouse until 1965. --- This site will explain and highlight this huge collection of genealogy resources. --- Best of all, with these resources, we have very helpful and knowledgeable staff and volunteers who are here to assist in your family history journey!

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Saturday, April 30, 2016

It's Society Saturday.

What can you do to jump start your society? We like to attend conferences and workshops. We listened to some of the best speakers in the country and tried to bring those lessons back to our own research. You can also get inspiration close to home at the genealogical society meetings in your adjoining counties.

Here is a list of learning opportunities we took advantage of over the past year and those we are currently planning to attend. Maybe we'll see you there.

Friday, April 8, 2016

It's a little like a cemetery walk, but you don't have to be in the weather and you don't have to walk! It's a little like a history lesson, but you don't take a test. You may be surprised at what we have found in our archives at Iroquois County Genealogical Society.

Portrayers and storytellers will tell you about people from Iroquois
County who where murderers, adulterers, an abortionist and more. Are any of your ancestors in the list? Dr. Charlotte Wright, Mrs. Reiner Meintz, Ben and Fred Doden, John Norvell and family and Coroner Willis Skiff.

Join us for fun and learn something you probably didn't know. Hope to see you Sunday, April 10, 2016 at our first edition of Infamous and Notorious People of Iroquois County. We'll be in the Courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum, 103 W Cherry Street, Watseka, Illinois.

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About Me

After many years as a high school mathematics teacher, I retired from full-time teaching in June 2011. I continue to train teachers and pre-service teachers in using technology and Smart boards in the classroom.
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Family history has always been an interest of mine, and my mother and I love to work together to discover our ancestors and family stories. My current personal genealogy goals are digitizing, organizing and communicating what I currently know about my family, and finding more depth to our roots.- - -
I serve as Treasurer of the Iroquois County Genealogical Society, and my mother and I work as a volunteers on maintaining the obituary library of the ICGS. Visit my blog at http://oldcourthouse.blogspot.com.